Author Archives: Martin

How to create pre-event buzz using social media


Over the next two days 22-23 February 2012, the Tru London recruiting unconference will be taking place in London. The event – and all those who are a part of it – is great at building buzz through social media. … Continue reading

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Where are the ‘workplace ideas’ festivals?


Really liked this list of ideas festivals. Wish I had been to some but haven’t managed to get to one – yet. I’m lucky that I get to go to smaller unconferences, which have something of a festival feel about … Continue reading

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From learning 2.0 to social learning at the Social Learning Conference


I’m delighted to have been asked to run an unconference session at the forthcoming Social Learning Conference on 8 March in London. The event is actually a mix of conference and unconference and features a range of great speakers and … Continue reading

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Inaugral webinar for CIPD members Linkedin group


Virtual meetings and their etiquette View more PowerPoint from Mike Morrison Last week, Mike Morrison hosted the first webinar for the CIPD members Linkedin group – the group Mike created, which now has more than 11,000 members. It is good … Continue reading

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Event coverage – why should you?


Live event coverage helps amplify your event as it happens, potentially reaching thousands more people who are following the event online. Here are 10 reasons why you need to get your event covered: To generate demand: prior to the event … Continue reading

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Round-up of #trulondon 5 content


With less than two weeks to go until the start of the fifth Tru London recruiting unconference the pre-event buzz is gettig louder and louder – just check the #trulondon stream for the evidence. In this post I will curate … Continue reading

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Yammer creates a university – YammerVersity – for its employees


Interesting post on the Yammer blog on how Yammer used its own social software to create a  university for new starters – an external Yammer network where people could get up to speed with working at the company: With YammerVersity, … Continue reading

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Learning Trends Index: more use of technology, social and informal learning


Research from GoodPractice shows that organisations are keen to use more tech to deliver training and to focus more on social media and informal learning. This supports the findings from Brightwave’s delegate voting at Learning Technologies, as well as the … Continue reading

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Learning to parent #2 – praise


In part one of this series of posts on my experience of The Incredible Years parenting course I looked at the importance of play in helping children develop. Here I am going to talk about praise. Sounds obvious to say … Continue reading

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Slideshare Zeitgeist 2011 – what the slides tell us


SlideShare Zeitgeist 2011 View more presentations from Rashmi Sinha Thanks to Gavin Heaton for pointing to this. Slide sharing service Slideshare provides us with a look into its usage over the previous 12 months. If you are keen to see … Continue reading

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